Posted on 07/03/2025 7:45:57 AM PDT by DFG
Star Wars actor Kenneth Colley has died at the age of 87 after contracting Covid and developing pneumonia.
The English film and television actor is best known for starring in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi as Admiral Piett, an imperial officer in command of Darth Vader's flagship.
His agent of 10 years, Julian Owen issued a statement which said that he died 'peacefully' on Monday, June 30, in Ashford, Kent.
After injuring his arm after a fall, he was taken to hospital where he caught Covid, which developed into pneumonia.
The statement from his agent said: 'He had been admitted after a fall with an injured arm, however he quickly contracted Covid which developed into pneumonia.
'He passed away peacefully with friends at his bedside. Ken Colley was one of our finest character actors with a career spanning 60 years.
'Ken continually worked on stage, film and television playing a vast array of characters, from Jesus in Monty Python's Life of Brian to evil and eccentric characters in Ken Russell films, and the Duke of Vienna in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure for the BBC.'
In later years, he reprised his role of Admiral Piett when he voiced the character in the 2012 animated Lego production, Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out.
According to Colley, the character of Piett was not originally slated to appear in Return of the Jedi, but George Lucas added him because Lucasfilm had received 'a lot of fan mail' about the character.
He also had parts in international productions, including Clint Eastwood's Firefox and the Second World War series War and Remembrance.
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RIP.
I’m sure he had the “protective” jabs :-(
Anything to revive the covid hysteria.
Was it Covid, or did he fail a certain someone for the last time?
He was Jesus in that misunderstood Sermon on the Mount sketch? The people were too far away and thought they heard, “Blessed are the cheesemakers.”
He may have died “with” COVID, but I’m pretty sure he died “from” being strangled by Darth Vader’s mind.
Dying at 87 is nothing to be choked up about.
He fell, got Covid, got pneumonia and it is due to Covid, not improper sanitation.
The cheesemakers are pretty ding dang high on This Guy’s list. FWIW. lol
More medical misadventure. He would have been better to stay at home with his arm in a sling.
Great line: “Our first catch of the day” but instead of a spaceship, they catch a huge energy beam.
Well, obviously it’s not meant to be taken literally, it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products....
Rest In Peace, Kenneth.
Maybe. If he did, I hope he went knowing his apology was accepted.
I wonder if an actor like him (not at all a big name, but in a hugely popular movie) would get recognized on the street?
And for “Covid”....the CDC is hiding the fact that a little bit of Ivermectin probably would have saved his life!
Not the C-word shit again.
My child brought home COVID earlier this year, passed it to me.
Turned into pneumonia and I had to go to the hospital for it.
Covid ravaged my lungs back in 2020. Each subsequent infection causes additional scarring. Now Stage 2 COPD. When I go out into groups, I have to wear the N95 mask. Hate them, but hate the hospital bills even more.
So the hospital killed him due to poor sanitation.
If you can catch COVID in a hospital, supposedly a sanitized setting, what good is a mask or any other fascist dicate going to do to “slow the spread”?
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